Minority Women's Health

Smoking

Latinas have lower smoking rates than most other groups of women. In fact, as a group, Latinas have exceeded the Healthy People 2010 goal to lower the number of smokers. That's great! Still, some Latinas smoke, which is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer. Lung cancer is the number two cause of cancer deaths among Latinas.

There is never a good reason to smoke. Smoking causes serious health problems, including: